Aaron Reed is an assistant professor specializing in software architecture and design and .NET development at Neumont University in Salt Lake City, UT. He has worked professionally in the industry for over 12 years as a lead architect/designer, development manager, and VP of development. When he isn't spending time reading up on the latest in software development, Aaron loves spending time with his beautiful wife and three children.
VTI Technologies Oy supplies bare die pressure
sensors for use in Crane Aerospace &
Electronics' SmartStem(TM) tire pressure
monitoring system. The capacitive pressure sensors
are built into the tire's inflation stem that
makes the daily tire pressure check quick, easy,
accurate, and automatically documented. This
technology is passive, obtaining its operating
power from an external reader or interrogator. The
advantage to this system is that there are no
batteries, power sources, or wires.
ECtel Ltd. , a leading provider of Integrated
Revenue Management(TM) (IRM(TM)) solutions, today
announced that a leading operator in Russia has
placed a first time order for ECtel's FraudView(R)
Release 8. The order follows a successful pilot on
live traffic.
Minicom Advanced Systems, un líder global
en la fabricación de soluciones de
gestión de servidores KVM y sistemas de
distribución de firma digital, se
enorgullece de anunciar que Direktronik
distribuirá sus productos en el mercdo de
Suecia.
Bronx based SmartServ Solutions announced today
that it has been ranked ninth overall for
financial service firms in Citysearch.com's annual
'Best of' reader's poll. The list included 4,946
companies within the entire New York area, and
also included nationwide firms and agencies such
as Washington Mutual, Citibank, Smith Barney and
Morgan Stanley. Results can be viewed online at ht
tp://newyork.citysearch.com/bestof/winners/financi
al_services.
European Capital S.A. SICAR, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of European Capital Limited , announced
today that it has invested euro 83 million ($112
million) in the One Stop Buyout(TM) of Miles 33
Group Limited. Miles 33 is a leading provider of
software to the publishing and financial services
sectors and has operations in both the UK and the
USA. European Capital's investment takes the form
of equity, subordinated debt and senior loan
facilities. As a result of the investment,
European Capital is the majority shareholder of
Miles 33 with approximately 60% ownership. Miles
33's previous owners and senior management also
invested in the Company as part of the buyout and
hold the remaining 40%.
Finland is the first to experience optimized
mobile TV with the Nokia N77 multimedia computer.
Later this month also Vietnam and India will start
shipments of the Nokia N77. Consumers will now be
able to keep up to date with news and sports and
enjoy their favorite TV shows live on the move*.
The affordable Nokia N77 comes in a stylish and
pocketable form factor with complete Nokia Nseries
functionalities.
Retalix(R) Ltd. (NasdaqGS: RTLX), a global
provider of enterprise-wide software solutions for
retailers and distributors, announced today that
HomeBuy Houseware Inc., one of China's leading
home furnishing and do-it-yourself (DIY)
retailers, has selected Retalix solutions to
automate, optimize and synchronize its rapidly
growing retail operations.
Three weeks into its aggressive spring retail and
marketing campaigns, the North American HD DVD
Promotional Group today announced HD DVD is
significantly ahead in the dedicated consumer
electronics player market with 60% of all high
definition set-top players sold. At the same
time, high definition movie sales for HD DVD
reached an all time high for the month of May,
exceeding 75,000 movies the last week of May
alone.
Lundin Mining Corporation ('Lundin Mining' or the
'Company') (TSX: LUN)(AMEX: LMC)(SSE: LUMI)
reports that, further to its February 7, 2007 news
release, its wholly owned subsidiary, Galmoy Mines
Ltd., and the SIPTU have agreed to take the pay
issue to the Labour Court. The SIPTU represents
approximately 100 Galmoy employees, principally
the miners and mill operators.
Oversi, an expert in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) caching
and content delivery solutions, announced today it
has received funding from Cisco(R) as part of an
extended second round of funding, totaling $8
million, led by Carmel Ventures together with
StageOne Ventures and TempoPark Fund (advised by
smac partners).
WidSets today announced the launch of a Jaiku
widget that extends the experience of Jaiku
(http://www.jaiku.com/), the leading
conversational microblogging community, to the
mobile phones.
AAA Energy Inc. (OTCBB: AAAE), a natural mineral
resource exploration company that focuses on
discoveries in emerging energy frontiers and
under-explored resource horizons, is pleased to
announce that the management of the Company has
recently been approached to acquire a highly
prolific molybdenum prospect located in British
Columbia.
ProMetic BioTherapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI)
('ProMetic'), and Blue Blood Biotech Corporation
('Blue Blood') have formed a strategic alliance to
develop drugs derived from human plasma utilizing
ProMetic's proprietary manufacturing process.
The Venice Contemporary, an art and music culture
venue, today announces that it will offer patrons
to the 'Digital Media Wire Mixer 2007' event,
being held this Saturday, June 16, 2007, the
ability to gain express admission using an
Interactive Mobile Ticket. The event organizer is
expecting more than 2,000 patrons to attend.
O seu vídeo musical pode ser visto por
usuários de todas as partes do globo.
Vocalistas sem contrato do mundo todo podem agora
fazer o upload (transferência do PC para o
site) de vídeos musicais originais no
http://www.algeka.com/, o lar na Internet para
músicas novas e incríveis.
Your music video could be viewed by users from all
corners of the globe. Unsigned singers from around
the world can now upload original music videos at
http://www.algeka.com/, the Web's home for the
coolest new music.
Microsoft Corp. and Games for Change (G4C) today
announced a joint commitment to explore new ways
to bring together the world of digital gaming with
the world of social change at the fourth annual
Games for Change Festival at Parsons The New
School for Design.
O seu vídeo musical pode ser visto por
usuários de todas as partes do globo.
Vocalistas sem contrato do mundo todo podem agora
fazer o upload (transferência do PC para o
site) de vídeos musicais originais no
http://www.algeka.com/, o lar na Internet para
músicas novas e incríveis.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. , announced
today that it has reached an agreement with Darwin
Deason, the holder of approximately 42% of the
Company's outstanding voting stock and Chairman of
the Board of Directors, and Cerberus Capital
Management, L.P., to suspend the Exclusivity
Agreement between Mr. Deason and Cerberus so that
the Company, under the direction of a previously
appointed Special Committee of independent
directors, can conduct a process to consider the
sale of the Company that it considers to be in the
best interests of the Company and its
stockholders.
Silvercorp Metals Inc. (the 'Company') (TSX: SVM)
is pleased to announce record 2007 audited
consolidated annual net income of $25,108,808,
$0.52 and $0.50 basic and fully diluted earnings
per share, respectively, and operating cash flows
of $34,217,804. For the fourth quarter ended March
31, 2007 the Company recorded net earnings of
$8,050,571, $0.17 and $0.16 basic and fully
diluted earnings per share, respectively, and
operating cash flows of $13,670,600. All figures
expressed in Canadian dollars, other than share
and mining data.
STATS ChipPAC Ltd. ('STATS ChipPAC' or the
'Company') (NASDAQ: STTS) and (SGX-ST: STATSChP),
a leading independent semiconductor test and
advanced packaging service provider, and Ningbo
Mingxin Microelectronics Co. Ltd. today announced
the signing of a definitive agreement for the sale
of select manufacturing assets to Mingxin. Under
the agreement, STATS ChipPAC will transfer
assembly and test assets used to manufacture
discrete power packages, including TO220, D2Pak,
TO247 and Dpak, to Mingxin which is located in
Ningbo city, Zhejiang province in China.
WAVES AUDIO LTD., a leading provider of audio
signal processing technologies, announced today
that Sanyo has adopted MaxxVoice(TM) on the
majority of its new mobile phone models in order
to improve the loudness and intelligibility of
speech. Using patented psycho-acoustic
technologies, MaxxVoice overcomes the limitations
of small handset speakers to accommodate the
natural variation in speaker levels.
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. a leading provider of
information technology products, solutions and
services, announced today that its subsidiary,
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (NASDAQ and
TASE: SPNS) announced a $20 million private
placement round led by institutional investors and
Formula Systems. The common shares at the private
placement were priced at $3 representing 12%
premium with no warrants. After closing (expected
at the end of June) Formula Systems will remain
the controlling shareholder of Sapiens.
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today signed a GSM
expansion framework agreement with China Mobile,
valued at about USD 1 billion, at a ceremony in
Sweden attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. a leading provider of
information technology products, solutions and
services, announced today that its subsidiary,
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (Nasdaq and
TASE: SPNS) announced a $20 million private
placement round led by institutional investors and
Formula Systems. The common shares at the private
placement were priced at $3 representing 12%
premium with no warrants. After closing (expected
at the end of June) Formula Systems will remain
the controlling shareholder of Sapiens.
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. a member
of the Emblaze / Formula Group , today announced
that it has completed a $20 million private
placement round led by institutional investors and
by the Formula Group. The common shares placement
was priced at $3 representing 12% premium with no
warrants. After closing (expected at the end of
June), Formula will remain the controlling
shareholder of Sapiens.
Now, more than ever, successful investors are
taking control of their own investments and
turning to the Value-based techniques developed by
such super-investors as Warren Buffett and
Benjamin Graham.
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.
(NASDAQ: ENDP), has presented results from a Phase
III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
clinical trial evaluating FROVA (frovatriptan
succinate) 2.5 mg tablets as a six-day
preventative treatment in women with
difficult-to-treat menstrual migraine (MM). The
data demonstrated that FROVA significantly reduced
the frequency and severity of MM as well as the
disabilities related to them. The results, which
were presented here today at the annual meeting of
the American Headache Society (AHS), were from the
second of the two successful Phase III
placebo-controlled clinical trials evaluating the
efficacy and safety of FROVA in MM prophylaxis.
The nation's leading retail publicationRetailing
Today released on Monday its Top 150 Annual
Industry Report, acomprehensive overview of
year-over-year sales, earnings and store countfor
the nation's largest retailers in the apparel,
home, CE &entertainment, food and hardlines
categories. The report, which is part ofthe June 4
issue of Retailing Today, chronicles the
performance of thenation's leading retailers and
includes: a listing of the top 150 retailersby
sales volume (listed in ranking order with an
alphabetical index); salesby channel; share of
market by channel; and special coverage on
thesupercenter format.
The Springs Preserve (Preserve), a$250 million
non-gaming cultural attraction located a few miles
off the LasVegas Strip, opened Friday after nearly
a decade of development. With 180acres of museums,
botanical gardens, galleries, trails and
entertainmentvenues, the Preserve will fill a
niche in Las Vegas as a new cultural hubfor locals
as well as for tourists seeking an off-Strip
experience.